Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,761, John Down, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Dorr, John
S 34,761
CONTENTS

Massachusetts Roll.
1,116
John Down, Capt Bond Private 4 Mass. Line - 1 year -
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of June 1818, and sent to Sam d . Putnam, Esq., Salem, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r . 1818.
Semi-annual roll
4 months 32/30. $ 40.53
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued
Salem Essex County
Redification sent July 26 th 1820 to Schubert Tucker, Salem, Mass.

John Down of Salem in the County of Essex formerly of Marblehead in said County - & in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Mariner - on this third day of April A.D. 1818 - before the Hon. Samuel Putnam a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth - makes on oath the following Declaration
That he the said John Down enlisted as a private Soldier in a company commanded by Capt Bond in the Regiment commanded by Col. Glover and in the Massachusetts _____ line - in the beginning of the year 1776 to serve for one year in the continental establishment - And That he the said John Down did serve the whole year faithfully & was honorably discharged in Dec r . 1776 or beginning of Jan y . 1777 at Newton - at which time the declarant belonged

Bonds to Capt Moses Brown Company - and William Raymond Lee Esq. was the Major of said Regiment - And the Declarant is ninety years of age - and he hereby relinquishes all his claim to every pension hereto- fore granted or allowed to him by the Laws of the United States - and further declares that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
In his mark
The words "Moses Brown," were erased - and the word "Bonds" interlined before signing.
Signed in the presence of S. Putnam

I William Raymond Lee now of Salem, but formerly of Marblehead in the County of Essex & Com. with of Mass. ts do testify & declare that I was a Major in the Regiment which was commanded by Col. l Glover in the continental service - which was raised in the beginning of the year 1776 - for one year - and discharged I think at Newton. And I very well remember John Down - who is now of Salem - but then of Marblehead aforesaid - serving in that Regiment - I have no doubt of his having served faithfully for the whole year, & that he was honorably discharged - He is now very old and poor - but was as good a soldier as we had in the Regiment -
April 3. 1818
Com. with Mass. ts
Apr. 3. 1818
Sworn to before S. Putnam Jus. S. J. Court of Mass. ts
Will m R. Lee

Additional Affidavit.
I Robert Nimblet of Salem Gentleman on oath testify that I was a Lieutenant in Capt Speakman's Company in Glover's Continental Regiment and I know that John Down, now of Salem, served as a Soldier in that Regiment all the year 1776 - I knew him well - he is now poor
Robt Nimblet
Given under my hand June 10. 1818 Then the above named Robert Nimblet subscribed and made Oath to the above affidavit before me Benj. Merrill Just. Peace.
I Samuel Putnam Judge as aforesaid further certify that Col. William R. Lee and Robert Nimblet are credible and disinterested witnesses: that I am satisfied the said Down served more than nine months at one period of continued service on the Continental establishment and I know said Down is very poor and destitute of subsistence by the Cha- rity of June 15. 1818. others.
June 15. 1818.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass.
Col. Lee is the Collector of the Revenue of the U. S. for this District. S. Putnam.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. On this third day of April A.D. 1818 personally came before me Samuel Putnam one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid, John Dorr and William Raymond Lee Esq. and severally subscribed and made Oath to the Declaration and Affidavit by them respectively made as aforesaid — And it appearing to my satisfaction that the said John Dorr served more than nine months at one period in the revolutionary Army on the Continental Establish- ment, against the common Enemy — I herewith certify & transmit the testimony in the case to the Secretary of the Department of War.
In Witness whereof I have caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed, and set my hand this third day of April A.D. 1818.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass.

John Brown
30 Apr
4 Portland St
Salem Mass
Not on Policy
Concord
Essex ss.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Ichabod Tucker Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of said State, in and for the County of Essex do certify that the Hon. Samuel Putnam is a Judge of said Supreme Judicial Court, that the within signature is his proper hand writing - and that the seal hereto affixed is the Seal of said Court.
20 th Apr. 1818
att. Ichabod Tucker Clerk
E/Essex ss: I further certify that Benjamin Merrill Esq. is a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified to administer Oaths, and that his signature is under affidavit of Robert Mimbret.
Att. Ichabod Tucker Clerk

1116 M c Down June 1878
Salem
Em
age 93
nothing
Sept 1878

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Down resident in Salem in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1116 - now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, John Down - - - - - late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight - - - dollars per month, to commence on the third day of April - - - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
***** * L. S. * *****
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this Thirtieth - - day of June - - - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
He has no real or personal estate or income.
He is ninety three years of age. formerly a Mariner. He lives with his daughter who is unmarried, and maintained him by her industry till he had his Pension.
He served as a year's man all 1776 in Capt. Bonds Company in Col. Glover's Regiment in Massachusetts Line.
his John X Down mark.
Sworn to and declared, before W m Wetmore, Judge abovenamed.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, John Down do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
John X Down mark
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed John Down took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
W m Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
nothing dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

34 761 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34 761
John Down His Rev. Dad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 112
[Arrangement of 1870.]